Clinical burden of terminal phase in cancer patients

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-388

  Tsoussis, Sophocles ^a   Ikonomidou, F ^a   Vourliotaki, I ^a   Papadaki, A ^a   Apostolakis, S ^a  

^a Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical burden; Terminal phase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; INSULIN; MANNITOL; OCTREOTIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CACHEXIA; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; VOMITING;

AGED; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 35248860646     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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